Autumn: A Golden Muse

The spirit of fall through poetry and American landscape paintings.
Autumn: A Golden Muse
“Autumn Afternoon, the Wissahickon,” 1864, by Thomas Moran. Oil on canvas; 30 1/4 inches by 45 1/4 inches. Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Ill. Public Domain
Lorraine Ferrier
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“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all,” wrote American author Stanley Horowitz. For centuries, poets and writers have given voice to the seasons, and painters have immortalized them in color.

Mr. Horowitz’s autumn mosaic is here. Cool, crisp blue skies illuminate our lunchtime strolls. The leaves are turning to fire, and falling like flaming teardrops—a tree’s curtain call as it nears the end of the year.

Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.
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